Kentucky offensive lineman Daniel Mincey enters transfer portal

The spring transfer portal window does not open until Wednesday, but the expectation was that news would start to slowly leak out before college football free agency officially begun in April. We knew that Kentucky would need some more roster attrition to get down to 85 scholarship players after losing 21 scholarship players to the portal in December.

Offensive lineman Daniel Mincey has joined defensive lineman Kendrick Gilbert in the the portal.

I have entered my name in the Transfer Portal with 4 YEARS of eligibility left. My recruitment is open, let’s work.

— Daniel Mincey (@danielm1ncey) April 14, 2025

The Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Cardinal Gibbons product was the last addition to Kentucky’s 2024 high school recruiting class. The unranked recruit was the younger brother of Kentucky tackle Gerald Mincey. The Tennessee transfer was added to the roster last offseason. The younger Mincey played in just one game for Kentucky last season.

Daniel Mincey joins Hardley Gilmore IV (Nebraska) and Caleb Redd (Kansas) as the third player in UK’s 2024 high school signing class to leave the program for the portal. The Wildcats currently have 16 scholarship offensive line players on the roster.

Stay tuned for more spring portal updates.

Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker

The transfer portal is open for business and so far we know of two players in the spring portal after 21 players entered the portal in the winter.

• DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
• DB Avery Stuart (Committed to Ball State on Jan. 5)
• LB Jayvant Brown (Committed to Temple on Jan. 9)
• TE Tanner Lemaster (Committed to Eastern Michigan on Dec. 22)
• TE Khamari Anderson (Committed to Arizona State on Dec. 22)
• TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
• OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
• OL Ben Christman (Committed to UNLV on Dec. 27)
• OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
• OL Koby Keenum (Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 22)
• DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
• WR Dane Key (Committed to Nebraska on Dec. 24)
• WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
• WR Anthony Brown-Stephens (Committed to Tulane on Jan. 7)
• WR Brandon White (Committed to Hawaii on Dec. 28)
• EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
• EDGE Noah Matthews (Committed to Delaware on Jan. 7)
• EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
• RB Chip Trayanum (Committed to Toledo on Dec. 24)
• QB Gavin Wimsatt (Committed to Jacksonville State on Jan. 5)
• DL Kendrick Gilbert
• OL Daniel Mincey

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with at KSBoard. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.